A first wave of tariffs has already washed over the United States, but the next one could start to drive costs up for consumer technology.
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Study finds Apple Watch about 90 percent accurate at monitoring one’s heart rate
With plenty of fingers pointed at Fitbit’s “all over the place” heart rate technology inside fitness-focused wearables not long ago, you may have been wondering about the reliability of similar features built into the costlier Apple Watch.But as its key selling points include fancy Retina AMOLED displays with Force Touch, powerful processors, extravagant build materials like ceramics or ...
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Rehashed $100 Fitbit Flex 2 and $150 Charge 2 activity trackers go up for pre-order
While Fitbit certainly knocked one out of the park when taking the wraps off its first “smart fitness watch”, the Blaze, which helped the global wearable king retain its crown and beat analyst estimates for both sales numbers and profits, the older, more basic Flex and Charge continued to contribute to the company’s stellar financials.Released way back in May 2013 and October 2014, the two entry-level activity ...
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Leaked renders preview Fitbit Charge 2 with large screen, swim-proof Flex 2
Fitbit can’t really hope to snatch Apple’s wearable profit crown away anytime soon, as it remains focused on selling activity trackers at between $80 and $150, and pseudo-smartwatches for around $200, but copiously dominating the fledgling ...
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Study alleges Fitbit’s heart rate tech is wildly inaccurate, ambiguous and ‘all over the place’
It looks like activity tracker pioneer and wearable market leader Fitbit has much more important things to worry about than declining profits and prospectively stagnating sales, as a class action lawsuit filed a few months ago may end up greatly harming ...
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Fitbit dismisses allegations of wildly inaccurate heartrate sensor data
Wearables were built to gather tons of data, whether we’re talking about full-featured smartwatches or laser-focused fitness trackers. As we turn to apps to crunch those numbers into a more digestible format, giving us detailed information about everything from our sleeping patterns to our aerobic activity, should we be worried about just how accurate all this data is? A new class-action lawsuit throws some serious allegations at Fitbit, accusing the wearable manufacturer of selling trackers that ...
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Fitbit makes its activity trackers even better with weekly goals, SmartTrack, and PurePulse
Undisputed fitness band champion Fitbit may not fear the recent rise of the Apple Watch, seeing as how it apparently targets a different audience, but you have to assume Microsoft Band 2’s multitude of sensors, as well as Fossil’s Misfit acquisition, put ...
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